Samuel



Stillwater, Washington county,

have invented certain Improvements inBi- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL O. JONES, OFSTILLWATER, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE H. ATWOOD, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-PEDAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 559,385, dated May 5, 1896. Application filed January 25, 1894. Serial No. 497,964. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL O. JONES, of Minnesota,

cycle-Pedals, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in foot-retaining devices for bicycle-pedals, its

' object being to provide adevice for use in connection with bicycle-pedals which will hold the foot of the rider to the pedal, so that it will not be thrown therefrom by the strong centrifugal force generated in operating the machine, but which will allow the riders foot to be easily removed from the pedal at the will of the rider.

My invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and then more clearly defined by the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a top view of a bicycle-pedal with my plate device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the end beveled spring-pins which engage the soleplate when the foot is placed upon the pedal. Fig. 4 is a detail of the key used in clamping the sole-plate upon the shoe-sole.

My device consists of the end beveled pin 2 and its rear inwardly-pressin g spring 3, both of which are seated in the cylindrical chamber 4 therefor in the foot-guard or hub 6, the

1 hubs 6 on both sides of the pedal being similarly fitted with pins 2, so that pins are provided on each side projecting inward over the pedal. In order to prevent the turning of these pins or to lock them in restrained position in their sockets when not in use, I provide the screws 7, working through threaded horizontal holes 8 in the side of the hub and adapted to engage the side of the pin.

For use with these pins I provide the adjustable sole-plate A. This consists of the metal plates 9 and 10, having central pivotal connection 11, and are adapted to be fastened to the foot by means of the upwardly and inwardly turned prongs 12 upon one plate, and the pronged screw-plate 13 and adjustable screw 14 upon the other plate. The screwplate 13 is adapted to be adjusted inward or outward by means of the screw 15, (shown in dotted line,) working in the slot 16in the plate 10, and the screw 14 can be similarly adjusted by means of the key 17. The plates can thus be fitted to any taper of shoe-sole. The principle upon which my foot-retaining device acts is that of a retreating pin or spring, located in thepedal, which gives and then returns to engage the plate on the shoesole as the foot is placed upon the pedal The shoe and plates secured thereon are adapted to be released from the catches by sliding the foot out at right angles to the catches.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is- 1. The combination with a bicycle-pedal, of the foot-plates centrally pivoted to each other and provided with the inwardly-turned prongs, and the screw carrying the pronged plate sustained by one of said plates at its rear end, said inwardly-turned prongs and pronged plate being adapted to secure such plates to the riders shoe, and means for securing said plates to the pedal, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination with a bicycle-peclal, of the foot-plates pivoted together and provided with the inwardly-turned prongs to secure them to the riders shoe, and the springactuated catches attached to opposite sides of the-pedal and adapted to engage said plates to hold the same to the pedal, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL O. JONES.

Witnesses:

H. S. JOHNSON, W. O. SWIFT. 

